International News
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, WPHF Launches New Rapid Financing Tool
14 January 2021 | Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund
(New York) – The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate...
Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana
13 January 2021 | Business Ghana
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in mining communities in Ghana.The repo...
UN Women and UNV Launch New Young Women Leaders Initiative
12 January 2021 | UN Women
UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, is excited to introduce the UN Women “Young Women Leaders” (YWL) initiative. The YWL initiative will engage a diverse c...
Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study
12 January 2021 | Carinya Sharples, Mongabay
A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations. Respondents report confusion over what ge...
Uganda: Mubende Youth, Women Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies
11 January 2021 | Dan Wandera, Daily Monitor
Ms Hilda Atwongyeirwe, an IT graduate who is now deeply committed to her 35 acre soybean plantation at Kahumuro village Kitenga Subcounty in Mubende District believes that her decision to embrace th...
United Kingdom, South Africa: UK to Support South African Women Entrepreneurs to Develop GreenTech Businesses
11 January 2021 | Rebecca Campbell, Engineering News
The UK, through the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, and in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will help 30 South African women entrepreneurs to develop and grow GreenTech businesses, the U...
Where Are the Women in Food Insecurity Analysis?
4 January 2021 | Amy Lieberman, Devex
NEW YORK — Women are more likely to experience food insecurity than men, and the pandemic has exacerbated this divide. Women continue to shoulder more household responsibilities, but also now bear t...
Senegal: Changement Climatique / Les Femmes S’engagent Dans La Lutte
26 December 2020 | Guinee 7
Du 7 au 10 décembre dernier, à Dakar (Sénégal), s’est tenue la 2ème session de formation des femmes et des jeunes des organisations de la société civile de l’Afrique de l’Ouest sur les c...
Building Women's Climate Resilience
23 December 2020 | Helene Henriksen, Norwegian Refugee Council
When droughts, floods and hurricanes strike, women are disproportionately affected. Four female NORCAP climate experts are working to counteract that, providing crucial climate information to women...
Nepal: Nepali Women Doubly Burdened by Climate Change
18 December 2020 | Sewa Bhattarai, Nepali Times
Agriculture expert Yamuna Ghale was on a research visit to Dolakha district when she heard the women livestock farmers complain that their goats had weak legs and could not stand properly. She then le...